SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14006, 10 March 1920, Page 2

SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

- ANGRY CONSUMERS. LONDON, February 24., The rising anger of consumers, as seen in the general discussion of prices, is making sections of business people uneasy. For example, the Drapers' Chamber ot Trade passed a reso--lution in favor of expert investigation . into the cost of textiles. Speakers declared that "the taking of excessive profits involves all concerned in great peril." The resolution echoes 'the warnings appearing in many newspapers, particularly in leading articles, since the publication of the wool, cotton and tobacco reports. Meanwhile the Commit lee on' Trusts" has decided to' a-sk J. and- P. Coats, Ltd., to'explain the recent increase in cotton. BRITISH EXPORT TRADE. LONDON, February 24. Sir Auckland Geddes, President of the Board of Trade', in the course of a speech at the British Industries Fair, emphasised the fact that the .oiilv way to win back pre-war commercial prosperity was by the development of the export trade. At present the Home market was almost too attractive. Profits were easily made, and buyers were clamoring for goods. But it was on -the overseas market that British trade must rely' for a continuation of prosperity. U.S. SENATOR'S WARNING. VANCOUVER. February 20. Senator Phehm. ol California, told the Senate that he had been inloruied that when the vote was taken at to.Peace Conference on the racial equal- j iiv proposal which the Japanese spoil- i sored, President Wilson and Mr Lloyd i George, fearing the opinion ot Canada | and Australia, voted against the me a- . sure, and although a total of 12 favored the amendment, and only six were j against it, President "Wilson succeed-* cd in killing it b.v ruling that, because the vote was not unanimous, the amendment was lost. Senator Phelan supported Senator Lodge's reservation ■on the domestic questions, because it would prevent Japan from appealing on the equahtv question to the League of Nations. "Orientals in California had demonstrated their abilitv to drive the whites , off the land." said Senator Pheland. •'and intermarriage would develop mongrels, who would ultimately replace the- Caucasian." He said that the presence of Japanese military reservists in California constituted almost a- menace. -The .Japanese were gradually acquiring California as permanently as though ihey had won it by force of arms. I "THYIXG TO BOSS." EXTREMISTS AND LABOR. LONDON. Februarv LM. , Mr Richards- a Labor M.l':, speak- , ing at Ebbw Vale, launched a frankattack on the extremist leadei s. "They are trying to boss everyone." he said: "Lhe whole of the working (lass needs talking to. The- growth of their power tempts them to indulgence in trials of 5-trength. The war-time pacifists are indeavoring to head the country towards revolution, but we are now on ' ver\ dangeious ground. The workers must use their power most carefully." MOUNTAINS OF M.EAT. LONDON. February 21. I Smilhfield dealers estimate that ihe | frozen meat delivered in London weekly is now more than double the average lou-uniplion. The surplus has become mountainous, and some ' must be stored for \e.irs. Sir Thomas .Mackenzie. High CommisMoner tor New Zealand, ridicules the fixed olti- I rial prices, . and. expresses the belie! that the long ,Storage ot New Zealand mutton will ' prejudice the', public against later normal supplies. and , thereby injure the trade. I